1959 Lancia Flaminia GT - Concours Condition!

View our eBay StoreSign up for our Email Newsletter

1959 Lancia Flaminia GT Coupe offered with a reserve

This lovely example has been owned by one family since new. until we recently acquired the car. It was purchased new in Italy and then brought State-side when the owner emigrated to the US. Largely garaged most of its life it was sent back to Italy for restoration in the late 90's. The car runs and drives quite well and has needed little sorting since we received it. Everything works on this car. There is no rust or corrosion. It is now ready for any of the exciting rallies for which it is eligible. and with a little effort would be an award winner at just about any concours.

I haven't seen one this nice in many years.

We have many more photographs of this car. please click on any image to be taken to our full-size image list!
The Lancia Flaminia is a luxury car from the Italian automaker. Lancia. built from 1957 to 1970. It was Lancia's flagship model at that time. replacing the Aurelia. It was available throughout its lifetime as saloon. coupé and cabriolet. The Flaminia coupé and cabriolet were coachbuilt cars with bodies from several prestigious Italian coachbuilders. Four "presidential" stretched limousine Flaminias were produced by Pininfarina for use on state occasions.

There were 12. 33 Flaminias sold over 13 years. Coupés outsold the four door saloon. an unusual occurrence otherwise seen at the time only in American compact and midsize models whose coupe versions were standard factory models that cost the same or less than the sedan. while the Flaminia coupes' coachbuilt bodies made them considerably more expensive than the limousine-like Berlina.

The Flaminia was named after the Via Flaminia. the road leading from Rome to Ariminum (Rimini). This respected the established Lancia tradition of naming individual models after Roman roads.

The Flaminia's chassis was a development of the Aurelia's. but was significantly upgraded. The front suspension was changed to a more conventional configuration with double wishbones. coil springs. telescopic shock absorbers. and an anti-roll bar. The rear suspension retained the De Dion setup. with a transaxle mounted at the rear as in the Aurelia. The first Berlinas was available with drum brake or discs. all other models hade discs only.

The original two bodies of the Flaminia were developed by Pininfarina and modelled after his two Aurelia-based motor show specials. named Florida. The Florida I. presented at the 1956 Turin Motor show. was a saloon with suicide doors. The Florida II. presented a year later at the Salon International de l'Auto in Geneva. was a coupé. and became Battista Farina's personal car of choice. The production version of the Lancia Flaminia appeared in 1957. The Flaminia's engine was an evolution of the world's first V6. which was introduced in the Aurelia. It had increased bore and decreased stroke. The engines were mounted longitudinally. powering the rear wheels through a 4-speed rear-mounted transaxle. A version with increased displacement was introduced in 1962.

Carrozzeria Touring designed and built these aluminum bodied two-door versions. which can be easily distinguished by their four round headlights (rather than two on Pininfarina Flaminias). and a shorter cabin - the wheelbase was decreased significantly for the GT and Convertibile. allowing for only two seats to be mounted. The GT was a coupé. while the Convertibile was obviously a cabriolet version (with optional hardtop). The GTL. introduced in 1962. was a 2+2 version of the GT with a slightly longer wheelbase. The Convertibile was in production until 1964. with 847 made in total (180 with the 2. 8). while the GT and GTL lasted until 1965. with 1718 GTs and 300 GTLs made (out of which. 168 GTs and 297 GTLs with the 2. 8). Our Ebay Policies:
Significant Cars is one of the largest Collector Car Brokers and Dealers in the Country.  Since 2003 we have worked hard to "change the way collector cars find new homes" by providing unparralleled web presentation of the cars we are representing.  Most of our cars have over 30 photographs. and these can be viewed by visiting our website (our eBay handle dot com). or by clicking on any of the photographs in the black background area of our EBay listings.  We welcome your call with any questions about any of our listings at anytime at 800-837-9902 and certainly encourage your personal inspection of any of the cars we are selling-just call us and we will be happy to set up an appointment for your to see and test drive the car.

We realize that eBay is a difficult venue to properly evaluate an item as complex as an automobile.  You can feel secure bidding with confidence on any of our cars since we guarantee your satisfaction!  Should you win the auction and come to see the car and decide you do not want it for any reason. no negative feedback will result. any deposit you may have paid will be cheerfully refunded.
Description images and copy © 2004-2012 Significant Cars. Inc.

Also published at eBay.com

Want to buy this car?